Discussion in 'Italian-English' started by rom_itn, Aug 23, 2005.
Ciao a tutti! Could you please tell me the italian names for duck and drake.
anatra (pl anatre)
we don't distinguish males from females, as far as I know
drake = il maschio dell'anatra
duck = anatra
There must not be a different word in Italian for a male duck, since Garzanti gives:
drake = maschio dell'anatra
Edit: Alfry beat me to it!
oh! Now I realize why my italian friends use "la moglie o il marito di un animale" when they are refering to the opposite sex of an animal!!!!
it's better to call them
il maschio e la femmina di
Come on Alfry, they were just kids who used the "marito and moglie" method. Kids normally talk like this, don't they?
Anyway it's always better to use the proper way.
ooops, sorry, I didn't get that. I assumed they were children no more.
Yeah, in that case I agree. A game can help children understand and remember
Acutally It's me who mixed up . I should have said my sisters friends instead of mine seeing as I'm already 18!!
Kids here would talk about a "Mummy duck" and a "Daddy duck". They use this for all kinds of animals, even if there are particular words for male and female.
Separate names with a comma.